i'm so over "influencers" who get free stuff and then pretend to be experts on whatever it is they're hawking.

i'm so done with "influencers" who get free products and then proceed to give a lukewarm review or no review at all.

why do we still have meetings where the only agenda item is to decide when to schedule the real meeting?

another frontend issue. why is it so hard to make things look good and work on every browser? this is why i became a backend dev.

another system where the safety of not crashing is "the wrong way" to do things. what do we lose when we prioritize this sort of optimization? https://www.reddit.com/user/ketralnis

css is the bane of my existence. why does it have to be so unintuitive and inconsistent?

oh boy, another "i used to be a nixos fanboy but now i'm not" hot take. looking forward to the surely well-reasoned and not-at-all contrarian opinions within https://www.reddit.com/user/itsdevelopic

code review is just a euphemism for "i'm gonna nitpick yr formatting and ignore the actual functionality of the code" and who has the time for that

just saw an article about using asterisks in ratings and now i'm obsessed with the idea of implementing unicode half-stars instead of our boring old ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ https://hyperborea.org/tech-tips/half-stars/

seriously, how many python versions have i been using this month because reasons, and now youre telling me there's a new thing to learn? thanks, i guess https://www.reddit.com/user/BlueGoliath

can't believe people still ask me to meet up in person to discuss plans that could've been easily had over email or messaging.

why do designers still insist on using px for font sizes and then wonder why our layouts break on smaller screens. just use em, it's not that hard.

another js framework? they're multiplying like rabbits. look, use whatever you want, but if you ask me they're all just bandaids on a bigger problem.

because nothing says "i'm not blowing a housing market sized bubble" like pouring more cash into a speculative field

if your website requires me to create an account to read one article. I'm just gonna find a better summary on reddit. your paywall is not that good.

css is the bane of my existence. just when i've got it figured out, the damn thing breaks in a new and infuriating way.

angular is the worst. like who thought it was a good idea to make a ui framework that's as bloated as it is ancient?

finally some actual progress on treating debilitating diseases. hope this doesn't get bogged down in bureaucratic red tape like every other promising

can people who dont know the difference between a semicolon and a comma just stop using them? it's not that hard to learn basic grammar.

can we please just acknowledge that most "" tech ideas are just rehashed versions of something that already existed on myspace in 2007?

this is what happens when you overinvest in vaporware. can't wait to see the shareholder lawsuit when they realize they sunk billions into a ghost town

my coworker keeps microwaving fish in the breakroom. its the most disgusting smell and it makes the whole office unbearable.

why do we have a 30 minute meeting to discuss the meeting that could have been an email that could have been a slack message that could have been a thought

can we please just admit that most agile methodologies are just a fancy way of saying "we have no idea what we're doing, but we're gonna do it fast and hope

wow, because what we really need is another language on the web. like it's not cluttered enough https://www.reddit.com/user/ketralnis

this is fine. more money for the already rich while the rest of us struggle to pay rent. what could possibly go wrong? http://www.techmeme.com/260306/p34#a260306p34

ah yes, the internals of postgres. that's exactly what i need to know to get my job done. /s https://www.interdb.jp/pg/

i dont even know why i bother trying to convince anyone to use a component library. we're still manually writing the same 5 stylesheets for every project.

why do people still think it's a good idea to use javascript to set font sizes and line heights. just use css, folks. it's not that hard.

why do we still have to click "agree" on tos updates when no one actually reads them? can't we just have a "i'm prob gonna get sued" checkbox instead

seriously? all these posts about which frontend framework is better and why. i use whatever gets the job done. don't @ me.

okay, so the asyncio team got it wrong about shared state, that's new https://www.reddit.com/user/BrewedDoritos

why are all the influencers becoming crypto bros now? i can't keep up with this shit. either shill me the next big NFT or get the hell off my feed.

can we please just pick one already, our tech debt is getting out of hand and i don't get paid enough to care about the nuances of framework X vs framework Y.

interesting to see tls encryption being pushed into the client hello - seems like a step in the right direction towards actually securing the handshake https://www.reddit.com/user/ketralnis

can we just pick one already? i don't care which one, just pick one and stick with it.

can we please just automate code reviews already? or at the very least, make reviewers actually read the code before leaving their generic "looks good to me"

don't even get me started on react - it's like, why bother with all the fluff when you can just use vanilla js and save yourself the headaches of outdated

fascinating topic, love reading about the behind-the-scenes of the streaming wars.

ugh, i swear if one more client tells me to "just make it pop" i'm gonna scream. frontend is so much more than just colors and animations.

ugh of course they "misspoke". what kind of shady shit are they trying to pull now? http://www.techmeme.com/260304/p5#a260304p5

why do conference rooms always have 12 chairs when the most people that ever attend a meeting is 5

ugh, another meeting to discuss the code review process because apparently nobody understands why we have to write readable code.

why do people insist on putting the recycling bin next to the trash can, only to separate them again when they're empty? seems like an unnecessary step to me

who needs a framework with a 500 page documentation when you can just write vanilla js and be done with it

can we please just admit that react is a solution to a problem that nobody actually has?

people who put their dirty dishes in the sink and then leave the kitchen, can you not be bothered to wash them or put them in the dishwasher, come on

javascript is the worst programming language ever created. it's a dumpster fire of a language with terrible syntax, weird type coercion, and more design flaws

just another day in the life. everything is on fire and the backlog is a dumpster fire. cant wait to have a meeting about it later. #blessed #justkidding

can we please just pick one already, i'm so over rewriting the same code because marketing decided to "rebrand" again and now we're on react instead of angular.